Toni Braxton will star as singer Darlene Love in OWN’s biopic of the famed pop vocalist.
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“My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story” is slated for a December premiere. Pic revolves around Love’s long career in the music biz, starting out as the key voice behind Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound hits from the 1960s. OWN’s first scripted telepic is shepherded by the docu filmmaker Morgan Neville, who was behind last year’s “Twenty Feet from Stardom” feature about Love and other well-known backup singers.
“Tulsa” hails from drama vet (and Oklahoma native) Nancy Miller (TNT’s “Saving Grace”).
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